There is evidence that physicians disproportionately suffer from substance use disorder and mental health problems. It … increases the use of antidepressants, opioids, anxiolytics, and sedatives, especially for female physicians. Among female …

We study the role of physicians in driving geographic variation of US healthcare utilization. We estimate a model that … separates variation in average utilization of Medicare beneficiaries due to physicians, non-physician supply side factors, and … patient demand. The model is identified by migration of patients and physicians across areas, as well as by variation in …

-for-service (FFS) or capitation (CAP). We observe that physicians customize care in response to the payment system. A FFS patient …. Physicians over-serve FFS patients and under-serve CAP patients. After a CAP payment reduction in the experiment we observe …

after physicians leave, their former patients persistently reduce their primary care utilization, only partially …